Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976)

musical for voices and orchestra


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1976
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Libretto (details, author):

      livret et paroles de Alan Jay Lerner.

Premiere information

  • Date: 26 February 1976
    Location:

    États-Unis, Philadelphie, PA, Forrest Theatre


    Performers:

    George Faison et Gilbert Moses : mise en scène, direction : Roland Gagnon.

Observations

Orchestration de Sid Ramin et Hershy Kay.

Table of contents

Acte I : 1. Rehearse! ; 2. Ten Square Miles By the Potomac River ; 3. If I Was a Dove ; 4. Welcome Home, Miz Adams ; 5. Take Care of This House ; 6. The President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon Party March ; 7. Seena ; 8. Sonatina: Allegro con brio/Tempo di Menuetto (comprenant To Anacreon in Heaven, renommé plus tard Star Spangled Banner) / Rondo ; 9. Lud's Wedding: I Love My Wife ; 10. Auctions: The Little White Lie ; 11. Mark Of a Man ; 12. We Must Have a Ball ; 13. The Ball. Acte II : 14. Bright and Black ; 15. Duet for One (The First Lady Of the Land) ; 15a. Hail Garfield ; 16. The Robber-Baron Minstrel Parade ; 17. Pity the Poor ; 18. Red White and Blues ; 19. Proud.